Hameed Shaqq, known as "The Pan Piper of Toronto", is a name synonymous with Steel Pan music excellence and activism. Shaqq hails originally from Arima in Trinidad, where he played and learned to develop love and respect for the Steel Pan Instrument. He first started playing Steel pan with Arima All Stars; The first steelband to welcome and serenade Haile Selassie, historical visit to Trinidad and Tobago.

Shaqq is an original member of the Pan Pipers Steelband from Arima, however, he went on to play with the larger Trinidad Steelband orchestras, as Shell Invaders, Coco Cola Silver Stars and Solo Harmonites, where he was greatly influenced and trained by some of Trinidad's Virtuosos of Steel pan music including Earl Rodney, Junior Puchete, Birdie Manette and others.

In Canada, primarily, Shaqq is a solo performer, playing at private and public and coporate functions, Community centers, bookstores, libraries and schools. Hameed has expanded his awesome talent onto the Canadian music scene as an artiste, musician and educator. Apart from persuing studies in Socio-cultural Anthropology at the U of T, he worked as a Steelpan Music with the Toronto District School Board for more than a decade. Also, Hameed Shaqq is still an accredited Volunteer and Community Partner with the Ontario Government Ministry of Youth and Children services including the Roy McMurtry Youth Centre (R.M.Y.C) and other correctional facillites through Ontario. Shaqq volunteers with Toronto's Breakfast Club and the Second-Chance Scholarship Award Foundation and other Senior Citizens Community groups.In 2003 Hameed Shaqq, recieved an 5 year Volunteer award recommended by Community organization Rexdale Microskills for comuniity involvement and social intergration with youths.

The universal appeal of Shaqq's Steelpan music is evident in the wide variety of his clients and events which includes, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Commonwealth Games General Meeting in Canada, the NBA, where he performed with Pan Fantasy Steelband on the American and Canadian anthems at a Toronto Raptor's Basketball Game. TIFF 2012 performing at the Royal York Hotel, Loblaw's Super Store; Maple Leaf Gardens, Leon's Furniture Store Customer appreciation events, First annual Eglinton Jazz Festival, other events included The Beaches Jazz festival, Ontario Place, Harbourfront Entertainment Centre, Canadian National Exhibition {CNE}, University of Toronto {Hart House} Rexdale Microskills, Ontario Early Childhood Centres, North York Hospital Foundation, Ministry of Youths and Children Services (Accredited Volunteer) RMYC , Toronto General Hospital, Humber Hospital, Princess Margaret Hospital, Nelson Mandela Park Public School, Regal Road Public School, Dunrankin Public School {Malton Peel Board of Education} Many other venues such as the Old Mill Inn and Spa, Delta Chelsea Hotel, Michealangelo's Banquet Hall, Royal Botanical Gardens, Sheraton Hotel, Liberty Grand, The Real Jerk Caribbean Resturant has feature the Panpiper in many Dinnners and other Cultural Events such as Telling Tales Festival,Culture and Live Arts in the Parks.

Hameed Shaqq is no stranger to the media and has made appreances on television and appearences, in Movies such as Down Came a Blackbird starring Raul Julia and Venesa Redgrave, Knights of South Bronx with Ted Danson, Bleechers Bums with Mike Myers. TV programmes such as Music Mondays on YTV-the Zone with Carlos, Toronto's Breakfast TV, Much Music on City TV, the Garden Show on the New VR (Barrie), Fairchild TV{Asian network} Christine Crushing Cooking Show {Food Network} Canada AM {CTV} TVO, CBC Radio One; Metro mornings with Andy Sheppard, Go with Brent Bumbury. Gobal Village broadcast in 110 countries around the world. CKLN 88.1 FM with Andy Barrie, FM 93.5 with Dr Jay's Soca Theraphy, York University's Radio announcer, William Doyle Marshall "My Data Bag" on FM 105.5 and others Medias also hosted the Panpiper of Toronto. As a member of Ontario Steelpan Association All-Stars, Shaqq was present for Toronto's Caribana presentation at the Chinese International New Year Celebrations both in 2004 and 2005 in Hong Kong, China.

Planet Pan is an original musical expression for his Series of musical recording from Volume 1 in 1997 and continuing. Volume II "Pan for the People" a live performance recorded by CBC Radio One, at the Toronto District School Board Honoring of Nelson Mandela by re-naming Park Public School in his name. Planet Pan vol;3 features reggae panjazz concept.